Car-coupling



s. R. JONES.

GAR GOUPLING.

ATTORNEYS.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SQUIRE'RICHARD JONES, OF LACON, ILLINOIS. l

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,732, dated August7, 1883.

Application filed May 25, 1883.

To all whom, it 1mi/,y concern:

Be it known that I, SQUIRE RICHARD J oNEs, of Lacon, in the county ofMarshall and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedCar-Coupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention consists of-a hook-coupler located in the draw-bar, andarranged to Vswing down to open for receiving the link, andrp'rovidedwith a crank device to be thrown down by the shock of the cars when theycome together, or by hand to raise saidhook and engage the link; also,of a crank device for raising the link for coupling to higher cars, and'also of an improvement in the construction of the link forgreaterstrength, and for enablingY it to be held up by the hook forself-coupling, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved coupling with a part broken out.Fig. 2 is a section on line w x of Fig.y 1, showing the link engagedwith the hook, as when the cars are coupled. Fig. 3 is a similar sectionshowing the hook down and the link hanging from it, as when uncoupled.

I arrange a coupling-hook, a, in the socket b of the draw-bar c on apivot, d, the head e of the hook being a little back of the end of thedraw-bar, and the other end7 f, extending a suitable distance back ofthe pivot gl, to serve each side.

as a lever for raising and holding up the hook when it has engaged thelink g, by a crankrod, h, pivoted in the supports i, extending up fromthe draw-bar a suitable distance at The lever end f of the hook has anotch, j, for the cranked rod h to swing into, and a shoulder, k, whichis a stop for the i cranked rod to rest against to be kept in positionby the weight of the lever Z, that is em- (No model.)

ployed for raising up the rod h when it is wanted to uncouple the cars.This cranked rod may be raised from the top of the car, if desired, bymeans of a cord connected to the lever Z, and extended, up -to and madefast in any position where it may be reached conveniently. Near thefront endof the draw-bar I have arranged a cranked link-lifter, m, to beswung up, when required, by the crank n for holding up the link when itis desired to couple with cars that are higher than the one having thelink, said lifter being a cranked rod pivotedin the lower part of thedraw-bar at o, and swinging up clear of the head of the coupling-hook ewhen it is to be used for raising the link.

To make the link wider between the bars than ordinary links, in orderthat a wide and strong hook may be used,land at the same ltime to makethe links stronger in the ends,

where they break more than elsewhere, I make a wide iiat end, p, to eachend of the link, which, besides making the link much stronger, serves tohold the link up sufficiently to couple with low cars by bearing at theextreme end against the under side of the cover q of the hook and linksocket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byy Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in a car-coupling, of the coupling-hook a and linksg with the draw-bar c, having socket b, said link having a broadiiatend, p, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the link-lifter m with the link g, having broadflat end p, the cranked hook raiser and holder h, having the lever l,and the coupling-hook a, arranged in the socket b of the draw-bar c,substantially as described.

SQUIRE RICHARD JONES.

Witnesses:

FRANK J. SPREcR, PETER PETERs.

